Bern - Human Geography 1

The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade has turned the Mediterranean Sea into a graveyard. This book delves into the mo……続きを見る

Dans le monde actuel marqué par de violentes inégalités, la philosophie morale de John Rawls aide-t-elle à répondre aux questions urgentes posées à nos sociétés et offre-t-elle une grille de lecture……続きを見る

This book delves into the complex relationship between religious imaginaries and the perception of space among followers of Candomblé and Pentecostal churches in Belo Horizonte, Brazil's third-large……続きを見る

Este trabajo es un esfuerzo por presentar la evolución del proceso de poblamiento del actual territorio de Colombia a partir de la fundación de ciudades. Es una investigación que se ubica en el camp……続きを見る

As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in……続きを見る

Vorliegendes Buch ist für Landwirte und die Bevölkerung des ländlichen Raumes konzipiert. Die Landwirte bekommen derzeit für die landwirtschaftlichen Produkte nicht den preislichen Gegenwert für ihr……続きを見る

This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies. African agrarian societies are among those ……続きを見る

The Agenda for Social Justice 3: Solutions for 2024 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Written by a h……続きを見る

O conjunto de textos aqui reunidos representa um passo na consolidação de um olhar que se abriu sobre a imensa diversidade do universo das cidades pequenas. Simples nas suas configurações, essas cid……続きを見る

This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world’s most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico. It examines the local, regional, and global contexts of their experi……続きを見る

Human beings went through stages in their development. We would never have become the intelligent beings we are today if it had not been the life carriers, who planted the seed on Earth. And as such……続きを見る

The book provides an overview of the Slow Onset Disasters (SLOD) in the urban built environment discussing potential strategies to assess and mitigate multiple climate change related risks. Climate ……続きを見る

A presente obra apresenta um estudo sobre dois paradigmas a respeito da pesquisa do espaço agrário: o paradigma do capitalismo agrário e o paradigma da questão agrária. Ao expor como tem sido aborda……続きを見る

A América do Sul é uma área geoestrategicamente valorizada para a expansão do capitalismo mundial. Desta forma, novas categorias de competição, disputa e guerra serão cada vez mais uma predisposição……続きを見る

Originally published in 1979, this book explains why so many people suffer behavioural changes in later life; how this affects those around them; the services that exist to assist older people and t……続きを見る

An increasing number of U.S. Latinos are seeking to become more proficient in Spanish. The Spanish they may have been exposed to in childhood may not be sufficient when they find themselves as adult……続きを見る

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the le……続きを見る

This book documents and analyzes how the contemporary Mediterranean city manages and negotiates its identity as a result of recent reconfigurations in its cultural, religious, and social landscape. ……続きを見る

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This book describes the various concepts and approaches underlying soil ……続きを見る

Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped. This book identifies why large-scale international forest conservation has failed to reduce……続きを見る

This book gives an insight into the evaluation of drought in Slovakia and provides an assessment of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a method suitable for an evaluation of drought in……続きを見る

Originally published in 2005. Citizen involvement - and the concept of partnership - in urban governance has long been a major issue in the transformation of local democracy. The move from delegated……続きを見る

This detailed exposition gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now. For biogeographers and other researchers interested in biodiversity and the evolution of ……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2000. Recent years have seen tremendous economic and political changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on the pressing problem of how a……続きを見る

In this volume the authors offer a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of waste disposal and management. They illustrate these aspects using numerous practical examples. They have included a comp……続きを見る

Este libro muestra la tensión existente entre los viejos paradigmas del conocimiento de lo social y las posibilidades que abre un nuevo paradigma que asume el espacio como categoría básica para la i……続きを見る

The Green Light ('Le Feu Vert') offers an original and profound exploration of the roots of environmental philosophy and the Anthropocene. Bernard Charbonneau situates the wellspring of the ecologic……続きを見る

Democratic rural organizations can play an important role in helping their members, who are frequently poor farmers living in the margins of the economy, to escape their disadvantaged starting point……続きを見る

Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, terrorism, globalization, and nationalism. Global M……続きを見る

This edited collection explores the many ways in which diverse individuals and groupsーsuch as state and federal managers, First Peoples, ranchers, miners, oil and gas extraction industries, sports ……続きを見る